I Stayed Soft

What does it cost a woman to stay soft in a world built to break her?Tiny shards of broken mirror. Angry things that claw at ribs held together with needle and thread. Things sent to make her bitter, angry, and hard: all held at bay by a beating heart that stood at a crossroad and chose to stay soft.I Stayed Soft is a poetry collection that moves through five reckonings — Silence, Fire, Softening,...